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package app.myoss.cloud.core.lang.serializer;

/**
 * Basic interface serialization and deserialization of Objects to byte arrays
 * (binary data).
 *
 * @param <T> 泛型
 * @author Jerry.Chen
 * @since 2018年5月25日 下午4:52:33
 */
public interface Serialization<T> {
    /**
     * Serialize the given object to binary data.
     *
     * @param t object to serialize
     * @return the equivalent binary data
     * @throws SerializationException serialization exception
     */
    byte[] serialize(T t) throws SerializationException;

    /**
     * Deserialize an object from the given binary data.
     *
     * @param bytes object binary representation
     * @return the equivalent object instance
     * @throws SerializationException deserialization exception
     */
    T deserialize(byte[] bytes) throws SerializationException;
}
